Tuesday, February 24, 2015

New Official Poster For 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'

New official poster for 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron', out in cinemas April 23 (UK) and May 1 (US).


Cool Art: 'Sex Criminals' by Matt Taylor & Becky Cloonan

'Sex Criminals' by Matt Taylor and Becky Cloonan, inspired by the comics series by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky from Image Comics, is a new print release from Secret Panel.

Matt ’s poster is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, in a limited edition of 140, for $40, and Becky’s poster is a 24″ x 36″ screenprint, in a limited edition of 140, and costs $45.

They go on sale Tuesday February 24 at 3pm CST.

Go here to buy.

'Sex Criminals' by Matt Taylor
'Sex Criminals' by Becky Cloonan

#VallejoTuesday: 'The Hieroglyphic Egg' by Boris Vallejo


Sunday, February 22, 2015

Cool Art: 'Four Of Coins' & 'Strength' 'Dragon Age Inquisition' Tarot Card Prints

'Four Of Coins' and 'Strength', two tarot card designs that depict mythology from the 'Dragon Age Inquisition' video game.

They are 18" x 24" (including white border) giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks, and are in a numbered limited edition of 300 for $40.

They are up for pre-order now through Bioware and will be available March 19.


'Four Of Coins'
'Strength'

Friday, February 20, 2015

The 50th Annual Nebula Awards Finalists Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards, along with contenders for the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation. The 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend will be held at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois, June 4 through 7, 2015. Active members of the SFWA have between March 1st – 30th to vote.

Best Novel
'The Goblin Emperor', Katherine Addison (Tor)
'Trial by Fire', Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
'Ancillary Sword', Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
'The Three-Body Problem', Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (Tor)
'Coming Home', Jack McDevitt (Ace)
'Annihilation', Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)

Best Novella
'We Are All Completely Fine', Daryl Gregory (Tachyon)
'Yesterday’s Kin', Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
'The Regular', Ken Liu (Upgraded)
'The Mothers of Voorhisville', Mary Rickert (Tor.com 4/30/14)
'Calendrical Regression', Lawrence Schoen (NobleFusion)
'Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer ’14)

Best Novelette
'Sleep Walking Now and Then', Richard Bowes (Tor.com 7/9/14)
'The Magician and Laplace’s Demon', Tom Crosshill (Clarkesworld 12/14)
'A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i', Alaya Dawn Johnson (F&SF 7-8/14)
'The Husband Stitch', Carmen Maria Machado (Granta #129)
'We Are the Cloud', Sam J. Miller (Lightspeed 9/14)
'The Devil in America', Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com 4/2/14)

Best Short Story
'The Breath of War', Aliette de Bodard (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/6/14)
'When It Ends, He Catches Her', Eugie Foster (Daily Science Fiction9/26/14)
'The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye', Matthew Kressel (Clarkesworld 5/14)
'The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family', Usman T. Malik (Qualia Nous)
'A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide', Sarah Pinsker (F&SF 3-4/14)
'Jackalope Wives', Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14)
'The Fisher Queen', Alyssa Wong (F&SF 5/14)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
'Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)',
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
'Captain America: The Winter Soldier',
Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
'Edge of Tomorrow',
Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Warner Bros. Pictures)
'Guardians of the Galaxy',
Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
'Interstellar',
Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan (Paramount Pictures)
'The Lego Movie', Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
'Unmade', Sarah Rees Brennan (Random House)
'Salvage', Alexandra Duncan (Greenwillow)
'Love Is the Drug', Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
'Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future', A.S. King (Little, Brown)
'Dirty Wings', Sarah McCarry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
'Greenglass House', Kate Milford (Clarion)
'The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender', Leslye Walton (Candlewick)

Cool Art: 'The Desk of Mr Stark' by Rob Loukotka

The 'Iron Man' inspired 'The Desk of Mr Stark' by Rob Loukotka, is a 36 x 12" 2 colour screenprint on 100C French paper, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 250 and costs $45.

Go here to buy.

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Cool Art: 'The End Of The Road' by Nicolas Delort

'The End Of The Road' by Nicolas Delort, originally the cover art for "End of the Road", an anthology by Jonathan Oliver, is a new print release by Black Dragon Press.

It's available in three editions.
A 14" x 21" 2 colour varnished screen print on archival paper in a limited edition of 65 for £50.

A 12" x 16.5" x 0.5" laser-etching on unblemished Latvian Birch, as a TIMED RELEASE for 7 days only for £100, with one random order will receive a signed 5" x 5" bespoke original ink on clayboard piece courtesy of Nicolas Delort.

A 19.5" x 28.5" x 1" laser-etching on unblemished Latvian Birch, with in-built French cleat for easy hanging, in a limited edition of 15 for £400. Each sale will include a signed 5" x 5" bespoke original ink on clayboard piece courtesy of Nicolas Delort.

They go on sale on Wednesday 25 February at 3pm UK.

Go here to buy.


#FrazettaFriday: 'Kavin's World' by Frank Frazetta


Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Cool Art: 'Gremlins 2: The New Batch' by Rhys Cooper

'Gremlins 2: The New Batch' by Rhys Cooper, is a new limited edition print from Mondo.

This is a 24" x 36" screen print with metallic inks, in a hand numbered limited regular edition of 300 for $45 and a hand numbered limited variant glow-in-the-dark edition of 130 for $65 .

It goes on sale online at a random time on Thursday February 19. Follow Mondo on Twitter @mondonews for the on sale announcement.

Regular Edition
Variant Edition

Cool Art: Gauntlet Gallery & Evil Tender presents 'In Reference'

Gauntlet Gallery presents 'In Reference', an art show curated by Evil Tender from Friday February 20.

The show features over twenty artists using a series of photographs commissioned from photographer Holly Burnham and model Hattie Watson, as reference images for screenprints, giclée prints, and a variety of original work.

Artists include - Jay Shaw, Sonny Day & Biddy Maroney (We Buy Your Kids), Kilian Eng, Richey Beckett, Oliver Barrett, Eric Petersen, Ryan Humphrey, Nikita Kaun, Brett Burnham, Alaina Varrone, Randy Ortiz, Ruben Ireland, Anne Benjamin, Jack Durieux, Kyle Carter, Robert Bowen, boneface, JC Richard, Marc Aspinall, Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, Jonathan Burton, Helen Bayly, Keith P Rein.

All remaining prints and artworks will be released slowly over the following week starting Monday February 23 at the Evil Tender Web Store.

Cool Art: 'Ex_Machina' by Germain Barthélémy (Mainger)

'Ex_Machina' by Germain Barthélémy (Mainger), is a new limited edition print release from Alternative Movie Posters.

It's an 18" x 24" print on 280gsm Matt paper with Canon Archival Inks and in a stamped and hand numbered limited edition of 50 for £30.

Go here to buy.


Cool Art: 'Slave' by Orlando Arocena

'Slave' by Orlando Arocena, is an exclusive commission for Alternative Movie Posters to commemorate the re-launch of their website.

It's an 18" x 24" giclée print on matte enhanced paper 192 gsm, Thickness 10.3 mil
with Epson Ultra Chrome K3 inks, and is in a hand signed and numbered limited edition of 50 and costs $40.

Go here to buy.

Go here for a look at the vector.


Cool Art: 'The Puppet Master' by Dan Mumford

'The Puppet Master' by Dan Mumford, is a new officially licensed print release from Grey Matter Art.

It's an 18" x 24" screenprint, in a limited edition of 160 for $45.

The print will be on sale Tuesday February 24 at 1pm EST. Follow them on Twitter @greymatterart and on Facebook for the on sale announcement.

Go here to buy.


#WhelanWednesday: 'Otherland: Mountain Of Black Glass' by Michael Whelan

Cover art by Michael Whelan for the novel 'Mountain Of Black Glass', the third book in the 'Otherland' series by Tad Williams.


Cool Art: 'Breathe' by Lois van Baarle (aka Loish)

'Breathe' by Lois van Baarle (aka Loish), is available as a gallery quality giclée print on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks.